Jennifer L Kraschnewski

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Affiliation: Pennsylvania State University

Country: USA

Publications

Feasibility of utilising an all-volunteer workforce as a disruptive innovation for the US obesity epidemic

Jennifer L KraschnewskiDepartment of Medicine, Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States Electronic addressObes Res Clin Pract 8:e488-96. 2014

Is exercise used as medicine? Association of meeting strength training guidelines and functional limitations among older US adults

Jennifer L KraschnewskiDepartment of Medicine, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, United States Department of Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, United States Electronic addressPrev Med 66:1-5. 2014

Characterizing customers at medical center farmers' markets

Jennifer L KraschnewskiDepartments of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, 17033, USAJ Community Health 39:727-31. 2014

Paging "Dr. Google": does technology fill the gap created by the prenatal care visit structure? Qualitative focus group study with pregnant women

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Feasibility of utilising an all-volunteer workforce as a disruptive innovation for the US obesity epidemic

Jennifer L KraschnewskiDepartment of Medicine, Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States Electronic addressObes Res Clin Pract 8:e488-96. 2014

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Is exercise used as medicine? Association of meeting strength training guidelines and functional limitations among older US adults

Jennifer L KraschnewskiDepartment of Medicine, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, United States Department of Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, United States Electronic addressPrev Med 66:1-5. 2014

..To determine the association between meeting strength training guidelines (≥2 times per week) and the presence of functional limitations among older adults...

Characterizing customers at medical center farmers' markets

Jennifer L KraschnewskiDepartments of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, 17033, USAJ Community Health 39:727-31. 2014

..If farmers' markets can broaden their reach to more diverse populations, they may play an important role in contributing to community health...

Paging "Dr. Google": does technology fill the gap created by the prenatal care visit structure? Qualitative focus group study with pregnant women

..In addition, we will discuss the benefits and potential risks and barriers to employing these technologies, including privacy and security concerns, as well as describe next steps for future work in this important area. ..

Development and evaluation of a brief questionnaire to assess dietary fat quality in low-income overweight women in the southern United States

..Prenatal physical activity is recommended, although its role in preventing excessive GWG is unclear. We sought to understand the association between prenatal physical activity and GWG in a longitudinal cohort...

The epidemiology of weight counseling for adults in the United States: a case of positive deviance

..5-15.7)). In conclusion, a minority of PCPs provide the majority of primary-care weight counseling in the United States. Studies of these PCPs may help to identify practical methods to increase weight counseling in primary-care settings...

A silent response to the obesity epidemic: decline in US physician weight counseling

..Using the extensive data involving both the practices and practice implementation, we used positive deviance to create a comprehensive list of practices to develop interventions for individuals to control their weight...

Behaviours of overweight and obese women during pregnancy who achieve and exceed recommended gestational weight gain

Cynthia H ChuangDivision of General Internal Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, United States Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, United States Electronic addressObes Res Clin Pract 8:e577-83. 2014

..Little is known about the behavioural habits of pregnant women who achieve and exceed recommended GWG...

The impact of physician weight discussion on weight loss in US adults

Andrew C PoolDepartment of Public Health Sciences, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United StatesObes Res Clin Pract 8:e131-9. 2014

..We hypothesized that physician discussion of patients’ being overweight is associated with increased weight loss in patients with overweight and obesity...

Medical center farmers markets: a strategic partner in the patient-centered medical home

..The number of medical center-based farmers markets has increased in the past decade, but little is known about how such organizations contribute to the preventive health goals of the patient-centered medical home...

..Finally, it describes the most promising avenues through which professionals can use social media in medicine-improving patient communication, enhancing professional development, and contributing to public health research and service. ..

Engineering online and in-person social networks to sustain physical activity: application of a conceptual model

Liza S RovniakDepartments of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USABMC Public Health 13:753. 2013